Just FYI, this study was done in mice.

As a rule of thumb, it’s best to assume that all studies like this are in mice or rats unless the headline specifically says “in human trials”.

Murine studies are a dime a dozen and therefore it’s the default assumption when reading research papers. When human trials commence the fact that it’s in humans is a big part of the research and therefore paper titles.

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tyre 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would be in favor of adding a standardized [in mice] to the titles of all HN submissions about medical breakthroughs. Most of them end up being in mice and many do not reproduce in humans. It would help, at a glance, to know how significant a study's results are.

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JSR_FDED 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Or alternatively, some marker to indicate the presence of an “only in mice” comment

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sroussey 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe we find out why things work in mice and not us.

	▲	gus_massa 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		This works in mice with small tumors for two weeks until the experiment ends. It's quite different form working in humans with big tumors for 5 years. Mice are good for early tries. The researchers had 9 bacterias and only 1 was successful. Experiments in mice are cheaper and have less ethical problems than experiments in humans. (Hey! They even injected the cancer cells in mice and waited a week until it grow. Nobody will approve that in humans.)

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tomhow 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thanks, we've inmiced the title.

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stephc_int13 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of course it was done in mice, tests with animals are obviously mandatory before human trials.

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keyle 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They've given more lives to humanity than humanity itself (j/k)

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anitil 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah, I was wondering if it was one of those. And of course there's a relevant xkcd [0]

[0] https://xkcd.com/1217/

	▲	OutOfHere 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		No, it is not relevant in the least. Murine studies are a standard practice on the path to human trials. Your link is not even about animal studies. It is about a petri dish.